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aficionado (noun) – An enthusiastic admirer or follower; a fan.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : The affection an aficionado has for their favourite subject isn’t merely emotional—it’s also etymological. Back in the early 1800s, English borrowed aficionado from the past participle of the Spanish verb aficionar, which means “to inspire affection.” That verb comes from the Spanish noun afición, meaning “affection.” Both Spanish words trace to the Latin affecti? (which is also an ancestor of the English word affection). Affecti?, in turn, is from afficere (“to influence”) and gave English speakers the noun and verb affect.
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